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BROADSIDE
HOUSTON AREA NOW BROADSIDE—-Vol. 12, No. 2 February, 1°81
****** HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSAN B. ANTHONY *******
On February 15, 1820, Susan Brownell Anthony
was brought into the world and raised within
the strict confines of the Quaker religion.
She became a schoolteacher p.nd through her
involvement in the temperance movement discovered
it was unacceptable for women to speak publicly.
With the encouragement of other women such as Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and Lucy Stone, Susan felt
compelled to devote her life to women's rights after being
confronted with such blatant discrimination.
Susan spoke out against slavery- in 1856 during the Abolitionist Movement. She also cried out for a woman's right
to vote and formed the National Woman Suffrage Association
in 1868 to further that cmise. She and 15 other women
registered and voted in Rochester, New York in 1872 using
their interpretation of the fourteenth amendment as support
for their action. Only Susan,' was tried, and the judge
insisted the verdict be guilty. She refused to pay the
$100 fine stating she had incurred a $10,000 debt over the
past 4 years from the publication of her paper the Revolution, the purpose of which was to educate and organize
women against the injustices of current laws. "I shall
work on to pay every\dollar of that /honest debt, but not
a penney will go to this unjust claim."
She lost her chance to appeall to the Supreme Court due to
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COALITION OF GREATER
HOUSTON NOW CHAPTERS
HERIZONS—Vol. 6, No.
February, 1981